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Accessibility for individuals with color vision deficiency

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ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing, Issue 102

Pages 8 - 12

https://doi.org/10.1145/2140446.2140448

Published: 01 January 2012 Publication History

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Individuals with Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) are often unable to distinguish between colors that individuals without CVD can distinguish. Recoloring tools exist that modify the colors in an image so they are more easily distinguishable for those with CVD. These tools use models of color differentiation that rely on many assumptions about the environment and user. However, these assumptions rarely hold in real-world use cases, leading to incorrect color modification by recoloring tools. In this doctoral consortium, I will present Situation-Specific Models (SSMs) as a solution to this problem. SSMs are color differentiation models created in-situ via a calibration procedure. This calibration procedure captures the exact color differentiation abilities of the user, allowing a color differentiation model to be created that fits the user and his/her environmental situation. An SSM-based recoloring tool will be able to provide recolored images that most accurately reflect the color differentiation abilities of a particular individual in a particular environment.

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DOI:10.1145/2140446

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Paiva ISiqueira SFerreira SMonteiro Ida Hora Rodrigues Kde Gois Ribeiro Darin TFreire AMota M(2021)The Windows 10's Color Filter Feature as an Aid for Color Blind People in the Use of WebsitesProceedings of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3472301.3484341(1-11)Online publication date: 18-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3472301.3484341
de Araújo RDos Reis JBonacin R(2018)Understanding interface recoloring aspects by colorblind people: a user studyUniversal Access in the Information Society10.1007/s10209-018-0631-7Online publication date: 14-Aug-2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-018-0631-7
Troiano LBirtolo CArmenise R(2016)A validation study regarding a generative approach in choosing appropriate colors for impaired usersSpringerPlus10.1186/s40064-016-2659-65:1Online publication date: 15-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2659-6

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